Posts Tagged ‘awards’

Bookish Bits: A Miscellany

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Check out PodCastle, a new podcast of readings from in the F/SF genre. They got my attention with their first reading, of Peter Beagle’s Come Lady Death. There are several more stories there now, as well.
More details on Anathem, the new Neal Stephenson. Looks to be another monster of a book. And, I’m thinking, we’re [...]

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If I Were Nebu-lord

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

For what it’s worth, if I were picking the winners of the Nebula Awards right now (not the ones I think will win, but rather the ones I thought were the best) from the preliminary ballot the winners, according to my arbitrary and would be:
For novel, either Hal Duncan’s brilliant mess Vellum, or else [...]

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Now that’s a short-list!

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

The short list is up now for The British Science Fiction Association Awards, and what a list it is.

9Tail Fox — Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Gollancz)
Accelerando — Charles Stross (Orbit) (Free ebook edition)
Air — Geoff Ryman (Gollancz)
Learning the World — Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
Living Next Door to the God of Love — Justina [...]

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